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The mob and the city : the hidden history of how the mafia captured New York
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The mob and the city : the hidden history of how the mafia captured New York / by C. Alexander Hortis.
ISBN
9781616149239 (hardback)
161614923X (hardback)
9781616149246 (ebook)
Publication
Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2014.
Physical Description
382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-360) and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Dr. James B. Jacobs
Introduction: the godfather vs. New York history
A city built for the mob
Prohibition and the rise of the Sicilians
The mafia rebellion of 1928-31 and the fall of the boss of bosses
The racketeer cometh : how the mob infiltrated labor unions
The mafia and the drug trade
The mob nightlife
The lives of wiseguys
Mouthpieces for the mob : crooked cops, mob lawyers, and prosecutors
The assassinations of 1957
Apalachin
Conclusion: New York's mafia
Acknowledgments
Select bibliography
Notes.
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